Ask Me About My Hat

Weekly PodCast featuring an interview with a guest who has made a friendship/relationship across political lines. Visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/askmeaboutmyhat/ to get your hat!

Ask Me About My Hat: Philadelphia PA 2 05/28/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Philadelphia PA 2 This week on the Podcast, Ida talks to Honey about the past, present and future of our party system. Honey has some great ideas about how to set clear morals and interact with people from a grounded perspective. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/36751235

Ask Me About My Hat: West Chester 04/27/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: West Chester This week Ida talks to J. about how to keep friends. . .even if they have different political views. This is a topic that probably comes up for most people: can you be friends with someone who voted for the "other" side? J. is a vet, social person and all around chill dude from West Chester. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/36327920

Ask Me About My Hat: Philadelphia 04/11/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Philadelphia This week, Ida speaks to Kyle from Philadelphia about having friends (or not having friends) with different political views, the term "African American" and also his thoughts on the tariff situation and the stock market. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/36100035

Ask Me About My Hat: California 04/04/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: California This week, Ida talks to Marla Estes, from Building Bridgers, about viewpoint diversity, being politically "homeless" and how we can build empathy for people with all different viewpoints. Marla references the work of Jonathan Haidt and also the Tangle newsletter. You can read more about Marla and her work at buildingbridgers.com /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/36008115

Ask Me About My Hat: Media, Pennsylvania 04/01/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Media, Pennsylvania This week, Ida speaks with Michelle, from Pennsylvania. Michelle has a few MAGA family members and talks about the complex dynamics when a family member has such different views. She offers some great advice to listeners about how to start conversations across political lines: start with curiosity, really listen, and get to a place where people are willing to let down their guard. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35952260

Ask Me About My Hat: Daryl Davis 03/08/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Daryl Davis This week, Ida interviews Daryl Davis about his remarkable work befriending and convincing Ku Klux Klan members to leave the klan. As an African American raised abroad, Daryl, a musician in his sixties, has a unique perspective on how to talk to people who have very different lived experiences. His bravery is showcased in his book, "Klan-destine Relationships" and also a documentary film, "Accidental Courtesy" made about his life. He tours the country talking to various groups and has convinced dozens of people to leave a life of hatred. Daryl makes a great analogy for listeners: you don't have to be on the Front Line of fighting racism-- but you do need to be on "a line"-- whichever one is best for you. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35586225

Ask Me About My Hat: Delaware 03/02/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Delaware This week Ida speaks to Xavier from Delaware. They discuss how you can get people to talk politics, how to coax folks who "don't talk politics" into talking, keeping up and nurturing friendships with people from other political views, "Gays for Trump" and how we can object to one president's policies versus blanket acceptance of all of their actions. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35498155

Ask Me About My Hat: Rural Pennsylvania 02/22/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Rural Pennsylvania This week, Ida speaks with Indigo, who shares her opinions on letting other people live their lives, and how politicians should behave. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35388645

Ask Me About My Hat: Southern Wisconsin 02/15/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Southern Wisconsin Ida speaks with John from Wisconsin about Tariffs, what kind of person our president is, and how the government actually provides many benefits to Americans that are not well publicized. How can we start making folks aware of all the infrastructure and benefits of being American-- before it's too late? /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35295055

Ask Me About My Hat: Baltimore, Maryland 02/08/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Baltimore, Maryland This week Ida talks to Shawn from Baltimore about what he agrees with the new administration on, where we get our news, how social media is impacting public opinion, and a possible president for 2028. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35203390

Ask Me About My Hat: Pennsylvania 01/30/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Pennsylvania This week Ida speaks with Vera, a mom of three in rural Pennsylvania. Vera shares a story of talking to family members with differing politics. Ida and Vera also discuss their feelings about the Nazi salute that elon musk made during the inaugural events. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35087250

Ask Me About My Hat: Street Epistemology 01/25/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Street Epistemology This week Ida explains the technique of Street Epistemology-- which is a great way to have productive, safe conversations across political lines. You can learn more about it or take the free online course at streetepistemology.com /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/35006415

Ask Me About My Hat: Alameda, California 01/18/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Alameda, California How do we get to a place where we can listen to each other, better? Should the government allow people to profit off the misfortunes of others? Ida speaks to Dirk from Alameda, an organizer from the Bernie Sanders campaign, about the government, billionaires, the LA fires and more. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34898635

Ask Me About My Hat: South Carolina 01/12/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: South Carolina This week Ida talks to Bonnie from South Carolina. They discuss how to talk to someone who is stuck in their beliefs, how families are making decisions where to live based on womens' access to appropriate medical care and how we can try to find common ground and seek to understand others before making assumptions. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34822420

Ask Me About My Hat: Suburban Pennsylvania 01/04/2025

Ask Me About My Hat: Suburban Pennsylvania Ida speaks to Evan, who makes a great point about how we all really want the same things (mostly) and we just have different ways of getting there. We all want the best for our families, for our children to be safe etc. Episode also features a discussion on Eggs: are they really necessary? What you can do when egg prices go up. . . /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34713490

Ask Me About My Hat: Oakland, California 12/29/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Oakland, California Ida speaks with Jordan Owandi from the podcast "Everyday Celebrity" about his political views, racism, and what the country needs. She also gives listeners a tool for how to approach conversations with folks who are entitled, racist, or just obnoxious /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34632820

Ask Me About My Hat: Northern Wisconsin 12/23/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Northern Wisconsin In this short episode, Ida talks to Katie, from Wisconsin, who planted the seed of change in the mind of someone who had already admitted to himself, the truth. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34579830

Ask Me About My Hat: Houston, Texas 12/15/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Houston, Texas My first interview with a Trump voter and supporter. I changed my intro after this episode, as he requested that I acknowledge the death of Ashli Babbitt, who died at age 35 during the January 6 riots. We found a few things we agreed on, but many things we do not agree on. However, the important thing is that we could have a conversation without anyone getting up and leaving. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34459430

Ask Me About My Hat: Pennsylvania 12/08/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Pennsylvania Ida talks to a man from Pennsylvania about critical thinking, politics and how to keep things in perspective. Her guest makes the important observation that perhaps people in previous elections felt there was more at stake-- and often people tune into elections only in time to see misleading commercials and misinformation. How can we encourage better civic engagement between election cycles? /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34337240

Ask Me About My Hat: Phoenix, Arizona 12/01/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Phoenix, Arizona Ida talks to Amber from Phoenix, Arizona. Amber maintains a strong relationship with her parents (Trump supporters)-- but it's not always easy. In fact, they often avoid the topic of politics all together. Still, she is hopeful that exposing her mother to the facts as she knows them, might eventually lead to better outcomes for everyone. Ida and Amber discuss what "true" news even means anymore-- with the advent of AI and folks questioning reality. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34217910

Ask Me About My Hat: Denver, Colorado 11/27/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: Denver, Colorado Ida speaks to Elle, who heard something pretty crazy on an elevator, and also talked to a Vet on an airplane while they both watched Trump's plane arrive. "Polarization got us here, cancel culture got us here, and hard conversations will get us out" You can get a hat at: 186askmeaboutmyhat.com /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34177445

Ask Me About My Hat: East Tennesssee 11/22/2024

Ask Me About My Hat: East Tennesssee The First Episode of "Ask Me about My Hat" -- introduces listeners to the 186 method, the hat and also a special guest who had a brave conversation across political lines just one day after the election. /episode/index/show/b5a0b8fb-1b8e-4320-be4c-56810a3fa644/id/34108206

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